History VideoGame / SuperMarioLand

* Luigi, Princess Toadstool, the Mushroom Retainers, and Bowser are nowhere to be found.

** Princess Daisy is so similar to Princess Peach/Toadstool that for over a decade, many people thought that she ''was'' Princess Toadstool, and that "Daisy" was just her nickname. In the Nintendo 64 era, she became a distinct tomboyish PaletteSwap for Princess Toadstool, and later games have given her a Brooklyn accent and more of an ActionGirl personality.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: This is Mario, and the game was hyped as the "true" sequel to ''Super Mario Bros.'' (since the original Japanese version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' was still unreleased in the U.S. at that time). However, [[spoiler:instead of rescuing a new citizen of Sarasaland after each boss, the false princesses were monsters in disguise]].

* Instead of the usual eight worlds, the game has only four, with three levels to a world for a total of 12 levels (not counting the final boss battle), and no {{Warp Zone}}s.

* Instead of the usual eight worlds, the game has only four, with three levels to a world for a total of 12 levels (not counting the final boss battle), and no warp zones.

* ChineseVampire: Pionpi, an immortal (unless you use Super Balls) hopping enemy in World 4-1.

** Most of the monster names are still in Japanese. Until the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole release translated the variants of recurring Mario enemies, this applied to even [[MascotMook the Goombas]], which were originally called Chibibo worldwide (and retranslated as Goombo).

* KungFuProofMook: The Pionpi of the Chai Kingdom cannot be defeated by GoombaStomp (which only temporarily incapacitates them), but only with a Super Ball. It's nearly impossible to tell how from the game itself, but these guys are actually based off of the ''Jiangshi'', or Chinese vampire-zombies.
* LevelsTakeFlight: Level 4-3, which has you flying around in the [[CoolPlane Sky Pop]].

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Swaps out the traditional Starman invincibility music with the Can-Can, and game-over music with "Rock-a-bye Baby".

* AlienInvasion: Led by Tatanga, who proceeds to take over Sarasaland and the four inner kingdoms after kidnapping Daisy..

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Due to the first game's inability to save the game files, the Hard Mode second-loop (unlockable after first playthrough) and level select (unlockable after second loop) were deleted once the battery gets depleted or the player shuts the system off.

The game is also notable for being the first appearance of Princess Daisy. While she has yet to properly appear in another mainline ''Mario'' title, she would later go on to become a staple of the franchise's many [[SpinOff spin-offs]], where she would develop a distinctive TomboyPrincess characterization, a friendship with Princess Peach, and an [[ImpliedLoveInterest implied relationship]] with Mario's brother Luigi.

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Other differences from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'':

* Instead of the usual eight worlds, the game has only four, with three levels to a world for a total of 12 levels, and no warp zones.

* KungFuProofMook: The Pionpi of the Chai Kingdom cannot be defeated by GoombaStomp, but only with a Super Ball. It's nearly impossible to tell how from the game itself, but these guys are actually based off of the ''Jiangshi'', or Chinese vampire-zombies.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: This is Mario, and the game was hyped as the "true" sequel to ''Super Mario Bros.'' However, [[spoiler:instead of rescuing a new citizen of Sarasaland after each boss, the false princesses were monsters in disguise]].

In his first adventure for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] travels through Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the alien invader Tatanga. The sprites in this {{platformer}} are very small, due to the Game Boy's small screen, which supports only four shades of gray.

Unlike most installments of the franchise, ''Super Mario Land'' had no involvement from series creator Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto and his EAD development group, the game instead being produced by Creator/GunpeiYokoi and developed by Nintendo R&D1, the team who were responsible for all ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games from the [[VideoGame/{{Metroid 1}} original]] to ''[[VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission Zero Mission]]'' except for the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' sub-series. The sequel, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'', had larger sprites and marked the debut of Mario's EvilCounterpart, Wario.

Along with ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', it was one of the original launch titles for the system, released in 1989.

%%* OutsideContextProblem: Tatanga.

* RatchetScrolling: Like the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', the game does not allow you to backtrack in a level.

Along with ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', it was one of the original launch titles for the system.

* OddballInTheSeries: The game plays like a traditional Mario platformer, but throws out all sense of familiarity after that, as spoofed in this Brawl in the Family [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/341-smlisweird/ comic]]. And yes: to say that the game stands out as weird in a series starring an Italian plumber who eats magical mushrooms and flings fireballs at turtle monsters]] is certainly a mouthful, but it's true.

%%* AlienAbduction: Tatanga kidnaps Daisy.
%%* AlienInvasion: Led by Tatanga.
%%* AllDesertsHaveCacti: World 1-1.

%%* BigBad: Tatanga.

* CopyAndPasteEnvironments: Even more so than ''SMB''. Hey, didn't I pass by an area like this just now? It's deja vu all over again.
%%* DamselInDistress: Princess Daisy.

* OddballInTheSeries: The game plays like a traditional Mario platformer, but throws out all sense of familiarity after that, as spoofed in this Brawl in the Family [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/341-smlisweird/ comic]]. And yes: to say that the game stands out as weird in a series starring [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs an Italian plumber who eats magical mushrooms and flings fireballs at turtle monsters]] is certainly a mouthful, but it's true.[[invoked]]

%%* {{Wutai}}: Worlds 4-1 and 4-2.

Other differences from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros.'':

* ChineseVampire: Pionpi, a [[GoddamnedBats goddamned hopping enemy]] in World 4-1.[[invoked]]

->THANK YOU MARIO!

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** The names of the game's locations suffered as well, albeit slightly less so as the puns on real world locations (Muda Kingdom for Ber''muda'', Easton Kingdom for ''East''er Island, Chai Kingdom for ''China'') are mostly still comprehensible in translation. The exception is world one, Birabuto Kingdom, which was ''completely misread'' from the original Japanese by virtue of the translator confusing a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten handakuten for a dakuten]]. The intended name is ''Piraputo'' kingdom, a portmanteau of "pyramid" (''piramido'') and "Egypt" (''Ejiputo''). "Piraputo" or even "Pyrypt" would have been acceptable translations, but "Birabuto" is completely wrong.
** The 2011 Virtual Console rerelease fixed some of this by renaming some of the common enemies, like "Goombo" (Chibibo[[note]]A cross between "chibi", and Kuribo, Goomba's Japanese name.[[/note]]) and "Bullet Biff" (Gira).

* ChineseVampire: Pionpi, a [[GoddamnedBats goddamned enemy]] in World 4-1.[[invoked]]
* CopyAndPasteEnvironments: Even more so than SMB. Hey, didn't I pass by an area like this just now? It's deja vu all over again.
%%* DamselInDistress: Princess Daisy.]
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: World 3, the Easter Island-themed Easton Kingdom.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole rerelease modified the translation of enemy names, with one being an example: Bombshell Koopas. When stomped on, their shells explode without Mario getting a chance to kick them.

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%%* DamselInDistress: Princess Daisy.
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** Tatanga's Palace — when Tatanga is defeated, the entire airborne structure explodes for no apparent reason...

** Princess Daisy is so similar to Princess Peach/Toadstool that for over a decade, many people thought that she ''was'' Princess Toadstool, and that "Daisy" was just her nickname. In the Nintendo 64 era, she became a distinct PaletteSwap for Princess Toadstool, and later games have given her a Southern accent and more of an ActionGirl personality.

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In his first adventure for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] travels through Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the invader Tatanga. The sprites in this {{platformer}} are very small, due to the Game Boy's small screen, which supports only four shades of gray.

%%* UnexpectedShmupLevel: Worlds 2-3 and 4-3.

In his first adventure for the GameBoy, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] travels through Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy from the invader Tatanga. The sprites in this {{platformer}} are very small, due to the Game Boy's small screen, which supports only four shades of gray.

%%* AlienAbduction: [[CaptainObvious Tatanga kidnaps Daisy.]]